Jasper
#3,645 for girls in 2025, 41 births · #129 for boys in 2025, 2,804 births
Given to boys 98.0% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2023 · 2,944 births
- Debut · boys
- 98 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 62,428since 1880
Jasper over time
Rank among boys' names. Jasper has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,645 | 41 | #129 | 2,804 |
| 2024 | #3,176 | 50 | #133 | 2,761 |
| 2023 | #2,517 | 70 | #122 | 2,944 |
| 2022 | #2,364 | 78 | #129 | 2,919 |
| 2021 | #2,212 | 84 | #128 | 2,876 |
| 2020 | #2,597 | 65 | #138 | 2,640 |
| 2019 | #3,130 | 51 | #136 | 2,793 |
| 2018 | #3,158 | 51 | #155 | 2,506 |
| 2017 | #3,479 | 44 | #183 | 2,117 |
| 2016 | #3,707 | 41 | #209 | 1,915 |
| 2015 | #3,650 | 42 | #214 | 1,866 |
| 2014 | #4,003 | 37 | #218 | 1,755 |
| 2013 | #3,645 | 42 | #247 | 1,467 |
| 2012 | #5,398 | 25 | #263 | 1,358 |
| 2011 | #4,915 | 28 | #281 | 1,253 |
| 2010 | #9,231 | 12 | #285 | 1,184 |
| 2009 | #4,677 | 31 | #337 | 945 |
| 2008 | #6,799 | 19 | #449 | 627 |
| 2007 | #5,526 | 25 | #465 | 585 |
| 2006 | #6,840 | 18 | #569 | 442 |
| 2005 | #5,800 | 21 | #537 | 452 |
| 2004 | #6,768 | 17 | #575 | 392 |
| 2003 | #6,299 | 18 | #513 | 470 |
| 2002 | #5,444 | 21 | #483 | 479 |
| 2001 | #4,688 | 25 | #549 | 390 |
| 2000 | #4,791 | 24 | #592 | 334 |
| 1999 | #4,576 | 24 | #634 | 281 |
| 1998 | #7,104 | 13 | #611 | 300 |
| 1997 | #4,819 | 21 | #628 | 274 |
| 1996 | #4,739 | 21 | #660 | 252 |
| 1995 | #4,348 | 23 | #687 | 238 |
| 1994 | #5,249 | 18 | #728 | 207 |
| 1993 | #6,622 | 13 | #686 | 225 |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 | #665 | 243 |
| 1991 | #6,976 | 12 | #644 | 251 |
| 1990 | #6,465 | 13 | #614 | 269 |
| 1989 | #5,286 | 16 | #657 | 231 |
| 1988 | #6,666 | 11 | #591 | 248 |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | #641 | 204 |
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 | #694 | 171 |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | #661 | 177 |
| 1984 | — | #725 | 144 | |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 | #649 | 174 |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #700 | 154 |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | #611 | 194 |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #680 | 163 |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #693 | 152 |
| 1978 | — | #697 | 144 | |
| 1977 | — | #741 | 133 | |
| 1976 | — | #763 | 118 | |
| 1975 | — | #760 | 119 | |
| 1974 | — | #796 | 101 | |
| 1973 | — | #786 | 102 | |
| 1972 | — | #778 | 105 | |
| 1971 | — | #782 | 108 | |
| 1970 | — | #812 | 99 | |
| 1969 | — | #720 | 117 | |
| 1968 | — | #765 | 94 | |
| 1967 | — | #670 | 124 | |
| 1966 | — | #718 | 107 | |
| 1965 | — | #679 | 120 | |
| 1964 | — | #655 | 140 | |
| 1963 | — | #655 | 142 | |
| 1962 | — | #610 | 160 | |
| 1961 | — | #635 | 153 | |
| 1960 | — | #581 | 179 | |
| 1959 | — | #592 | 174 | |
| 1958 | — | #566 | 186 | |
| 1957 | — | #590 | 169 | |
| 1956 | — | #564 | 181 | |
| 1955 | — | #542 | 187 | |
| 1954 | — | #501 | 209 | |
| 1953 | — | #516 | 187 | |
| 1952 | — | #491 | 206 | |
| 1951 | — | #468 | 211 | |
| 1950 | — | #459 | 208 | |
| 1949 | — | #472 | 194 | |
| 1948 | — | #442 | 225 | |
| 1947 | — | #471 | 203 | |
| 1946 | — | #448 | 201 | |
| 1945 | — | #431 | 191 | |
| 1944 | — | #448 | 184 | |
| 1943 | — | #386 | 252 | |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | #390 | 241 |
| 1941 | — | #402 | 208 | |
| 1940 | — | #383 | 221 | |
| 1939 | — | #382 | 221 | |
| 1938 | — | #400 | 201 | |
| 1937 | — | #370 | 219 | |
| 1936 | — | #352 | 236 | |
| 1935 | — | #371 | 212 | |
| 1934 | — | #351 | 246 | |
| 1933 | — | #356 | 231 | |
| 1932 | — | #340 | 263 | |
| 1931 | — | #345 | 252 | |
| 1930 | — | #328 | 285 | |
| 1929 | — | #315 | 306 | |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 | #302 | 336 |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | #309 | 346 |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 | #290 | 389 |
| 1925 | — | #292 | 387 | |
| 1924 | — | #291 | 396 | |
| 1923 | — | #282 | 403 | |
| 1922 | — | #275 | 423 | |
| 1921 | — | #284 | 390 | |
| 1920 | — | #284 | 388 | |
| 1919 | — | #260 | 423 | |
| 1918 | — | #269 | 391 | |
| 1917 | — | #262 | 377 | |
| 1916 | — | #266 | 358 | |
| 1915 | — | #265 | 332 | |
| 1914 | — | #246 | 306 | |
| 1913 | — | #237 | 248 | |
| 1912 | — | #262 | 178 | |
| 1911 | — | #237 | 114 | |
| 1910 | — | #270 | 82 | |
| 1909 | — | #240 | 83 | |
| 1908 | — | #238 | 78 | |
| 1907 | — | #219 | 87 | |
| 1906 | — | #263 | 56 | |
| 1905 | — | #213 | 80 | |
| 1904 | — | #264 | 52 | |
| 1903 | — | #244 | 57 | |
| 1902 | — | #219 | 67 | |
| 1901 | — | #229 | 58 | |
| 1900 | — | #197 | 97 | |
| 1899 | — | #202 | 65 | |
| 1898 | — | #227 | 60 | |
| 1897 | — | #184 | 83 | |
| 1896 | — | #178 | 90 | |
| 1895 | — | #203 | 71 | |
| 1894 | — | #216 | 61 | |
| 1893 | — | #199 | 72 | |
| 1892 | — | #208 | 70 | |
| 1891 | — | #206 | 58 | |
| 1890 | — | #149 | 95 | |
| 1889 | — | #176 | 76 | |
| 1888 | — | #190 | 78 | |
| 1887 | — | #190 | 65 | |
| 1886 | — | #157 | 88 | |
| 1885 | — | #154 | 87 | |
| 1884 | — | #167 | 83 | |
| 1883 | — | #165 | 74 | |
| 1882 | — | #157 | 88 | |
| 1881 | — | #150 | 83 | |
| 1880 | — | #139 | 98 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Jasper was already there! It came in at #139, and was given to 98 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1901–1904, when fewer than 68 boys a year got the name.
See more about Jasper
- 4 spots since 2024 (#133 → #129)
- 9 spots since 2020 (#138 → #129)
- 85 spots since 2015 (#214 → #129)
- Biggest jump: 112 spots in 2009 (#449 → #337)
- Biggest drop: 95 spots in 1968 (#670 → #765)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2023 at #122 (2,944 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 581 boys born in 2023 were named Jasper (0.17%)
- Latest: 1 in 609 boys born in 2025 (0.16%)
- 29.2% of all boys named Jasper (18,214) were born in this decade
- Comeback: #139 (1880) → #812 (1970) → #122 (2023)
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 820 | #139 (1880) | #165 |
| 1890s | 725 | #149 (1890) | #197 |
| 1900s | 715 | #197 (1900) | #233 |
| 1910s | 2,809 | #237 (1913) | #257 |
| 1920s | 3,764 | #275 (1922) | #292 |
| 1930s | 2,366 | #328 (1930) | #360 |
| 1940s | 2,120 | #383 (1940) | #427 |
| 1950s | 1,918 | #459 (1950) | #529 |
| 1960s | 1,336 | #581 (1960) | #669 |
| 1970s | 1,181 | #693 (1979) | #761 |
| 1980s | 1,860 | #591 (1988) | #661 |
| 1990s | 2,540 | #611 (1998) | #656 |
| 2000s | 5,116 | #337 (2009) | #507 |
| 2010s | 18,214 | #136 (2019) | #219 |
| 2020s | 16,944 | #122 (2023) | #130 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Jasper in 1926
Top girls' names in 1926
Top boys' names in 1926
More about 1926
girls
1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 237,080 of them was named Jasper, which outranked 13.7% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 771 names at #4,851; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 1,047Janell#1,795 → #748
- ↑ 389Madalyn#1,225 → #836
- ↑ 382Evangelina#1,324 → #942
- ↑ 379Carla#1,252 → #873
- ↑ 351Vilma#1,020 → #669
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,110,505 boys got a published name in 1926; 1 in 2,855 of them was named Jasper, which outranked 94.0% of the 4,837 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- ↓ 531Okey#984 → #1,515
- ↓ 459Florentino#973 → #1,432
- ↓ 407Rexford#924 → #1,331
- ↓ 380Marshal#973 → #1,353
- ↓ 378Coolidge#746 → #1,124
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.